Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 2024

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 2024 were Olivia for girls (340 babies) and Noah for boys (515). Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 51,174 babies born in Massachusetts in 2024 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 2024

Names given at least 15 times in Massachusetts that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Eloah: 15 babies, 21.9× the national rate
Liz: 33 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Mavie: 29 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Isadora: 20 babies, 7× the national rate
Maite: 22 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Isis: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Helena: 53 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kiera: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Saoirse: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Livia: 19 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Heitor: 19 babies, 23.3× the national rate
Davi: 34 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Ravi: 36 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Bernardo: 20 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Conor: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Colin: 68 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Benicio: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jayson: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cillian: 35 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jaylen: 53 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 2024

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Olivia	340	↑1	1
2	Charlotte	294	↓1	4
3	Emma	294	–	2
4	Sophia	276	–	6
5	Amelia	269	↑2	3
6	Mia	247	–	5
7	Isabella	221	↓2	7
8	Nora	194	–	22
9	Sofia	187	↑3	10
10	Ava	178	↑8	9
11	Zoe	178	↑10	29
12	Evelyn	177	↓2	8
13	Chloe	174	↓4	20
14	Maeve	173	↓3	75
15	Grace	169	↓1	40
16	Maya	164	↑4	51
17	Isla	163	↓4	35
18	Violet	153	↑19	15
19	Lucy	151	↓2	34
20	Luna	150	↓4	13
21	Eleanor	147	↓2	14
22	Lily	147	↓7	24
23	Harper	144	↑6	12
24	Aurora	143	↓1	16
25	Avery	142	↑9	31
26	Mila	138	↑7	33
27	Penelope	137	↓3	28
28	Hannah	136	↑16	52
29	Ayla	135	new	69
30	Ella	129	–	30
31	Emilia	129	↓6	43
32	Emily	125	–	25
33	Madison	122	↓11	45
34	Abigail	121	↑1	32
35	Riley	121	↓4	42
36	Aria	120	↑11	26
37	Josephine	116	↑13	56
38	Scarlett	112	↓10	27
39	Sophie	111	↓1	60
40	Lillian	108	new	54
41	Elizabeth	107	↓1	17
42	Hazel	106	–	19
43	Eliana	105	new	18
44	Layla	105	↓18	37
45	Alice	104	↓6	63
46	Elena	103	new	46
47	Ellie	102	↓6	21
48	Camila	99	↑1	11
49	Vivian	99	new	77
50	Cecilia	98	↓2	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Noah	515	–	2
2	Liam	442	–	1
3	James	347	↑3	5
4	Henry	346	↑3	6
5	Oliver	346	↑3	3
6	Theodore	329	↓3	4
7	Benjamin	314	↓3	11
8	Jack	282	↓3	15
9	Lucas	269	↑1	9
10	William	259	↑1	10
11	Luca	250	↑3	23
12	Owen	250	↓3	26
13	John	249	↑3	21
14	Charles	224	↑6	51
15	Thomas	223	–	39
16	Samuel	209	↑6	17
17	Logan	208	↑4	45
18	Leo	207	↓6	24
19	Ethan	206	↓6	19
20	Cameron	203	↓2	66
21	Joseph	198	↑3	32
22	Michael	191	↓3	18
23	Daniel	189	↑5	16
24	Anthony	181	↓1	44
25	Julian	180	↓8	30
26	Jayden	169	↑14	59
27	Wesley	166	↑19	58
28	Levi	163	↑11	12
29	Elijah	162	↑5	8
30	Miles	161	↓1	37
31	Jacob	158	↑1	40
32	Elias	157	new	25
33	Mason	154	↓8	42
34	Theo	154	↑1	80
35	Mateo	153	↑9	7
36	Ryan	153	↑6	87
37	Jackson	152	↓11	35
38	Matthew	148	↓2	33
39	Gabriel	146	↓12	43
40	Nathan	145	↓3	62
41	Alexander	143	↓3	27
42	Isaac	142	↓12	41
43	Luke	141	–	34
44	Dylan	136	↓13	28
45	Caleb	131	↓4	49
46	Joshua	124	new	57
47	Aiden	122	↓14	47
48	Nolan	120	–	64
49	Wyatt	120	new	38
50	Christopher	118	↓5	61

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